Coal Pellets?
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I don't think so. It would have trouble with the ash and need to be able to be tuned for that fuel.
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Why? Those pellets look nasty dirty, lots of black dust in the hopper around the edges.
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These things are Lignite coal pellets.
"Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft brown combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat content. It has a carbon content around 60–70 percent."
I can't imagine why anyone would want to go to the trouble of burning that when there is perfectly good anthracite around.
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"Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft brown combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat content. It has a carbon content around 60–70 percent."
I can't imagine why anyone would want to go to the trouble of burning that when there is perfectly good anthracite around.
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I'd burn it if I had a real large house and lived closer to North Dakota. Its around $30 a ton. There are areas of both Dakota's where there really arent that many trees. Im thinking that is why it was put thereStokerDon wrote:These things are Lignite coal pellets.
"Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft brown combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat content. It has a carbon content around 60–70 percent."
I can't imagine why anyone would want to go to the trouble of burning that when there is perfectly good anthracite around.
-Don
Ive heard stories from several people who had ancestors there and they had locations where they would go dig it from the surface for free. It was lignite, cowpies, or freeze to death 100 years ago.
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I've heard that to. I also heard that it's more work than burning wood!
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[quote="bcdex"]Would a pellet stove burnbcoal pellets safely?
I think this question was brought up in the past, and we were wondering if the BTUs of coal would over-exceed the wood pellet stove temperature capabilities. Not sure if any evidence was conclusive.
I think this question was brought up in the past, and we were wondering if the BTUs of coal would over-exceed the wood pellet stove temperature capabilities. Not sure if any evidence was conclusive.
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In fact there once was one such stove and it was made by Harman long ago. It was called the Harman 44 Magnum. Do a search and you may find some discussion.
If one were hell bent to burn coal pellets today you could pull it off by owning an Alaska 140 under fed stoker. You can search that one as well.
If one were hell bent to burn coal pellets today you could pull it off by owning an Alaska 140 under fed stoker. You can search that one as well.
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My father has an Am Maize ing Heat pellet boiler, and the owner said that it can be modified to burn rice coal as it is an under-stoker. The feed auger would have to be slowed down, but other than that it should burn just fine.
That pellet boiler gets its name from its ability to burn a lot of different fuels, corn (maize) being what it was primarily designed for. My father...he burns some 16 tons of pellets per year, so I told him he would be a lot better off with coal, but sadly he never listened to me.
That pellet boiler gets its name from its ability to burn a lot of different fuels, corn (maize) being what it was primarily designed for. My father...he burns some 16 tons of pellets per year, so I told him he would be a lot better off with coal, but sadly he never listened to me.